A Legend or Was It?
死闘の伝説
1963 · 1h 23m · Drama, Thriller, War · Japan
A Tokyo family escaping the war relocates to a Hokkaido village; their daughter is set to marry the local leader's son, but her siblings disapprove.
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Keisuke Kinoshita6.2Smart score
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